Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book I: Black avoids 3...a6 OHNE BILD Maja Chiburdanidze

Maja Chiburdanidze

The Anti-Sicilians

Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard is the most talented chess writer of his generation

initially investigated by English grandmasters

The Panov Attack is answered with

Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book I: Black avoids 3...a6 OHNE BILD Maja ChiburdanidzeToday's openings are reruns of an old sitcom that we have all seen a hundred times before, while for players in the past, life on the chess board was wild, unexplored territory. Learning the details of that gigantic entity, the Ruy Lopez (from either side), is on par with the time that hateful 7th grade teacher made us memorize the capital cities of every country in the world in alphabetical order! The Origins series is an attempt at a "big picture"